On the outstanding universal value of the Australian Fossil Mammal Site (Riversleigh/Naracoorte) World Heritage Area : a report to the World Heritage Unit, DEST / J. Luly and P.S. Valentine
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<Townsville, Qld. : School of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography, James Cook University, 1998>
Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. International significance of the Australian fossil mammal sites -- 1.2. Terms of reference for the consultancy -- 1.3. Approach adopted in the consultancy -- 1.4. The Consultancy team -- 1.5. Outline of this report - ch. 2. The World Heritage Convention & the Australian fossil mammal sites -- 2.1. The Convention origins -- 2.2. Serial and thematic nominations -- 2.3. The Nomination of the Australian fossil mammal sites - ch. 3. World Heritage fossil sites -- 3.1. Evaluating fossil nominations -- 3.1.1. The IUCN checklist -- 3.1.2. The Wells Report - 3.2. Other World Heritage fossil sites -- 3.2.1. Grand Canyon National Park (USA) -- 3.2.2. Dinosaur Provincial Park (Canada)-- 3.2.2.1. Continued extraction of fossils -- 3.2.2.2. Specimen ownership -- 3.2.2.3. Advisory committees -- 3.2.2.4. Presentation of the World Heritage values -- 3.2.2.5. Control of public access -- 3.2.2.6. Professional and community issues -- 3.2.3. Messel pit fossil site [Fossillagerstatte Grube Messel] (Germany) -- 3.2.4. Burgess shale site (Canada) -- 3.2.4.1. Continued extraction of fossils -- 3.2.4.2. Specimen ownership -- 3.2.4.3. Advisory committees -- 3.2.4.4. Presentation of the Burgess shale values -- 3.2.4.5. The Burgess Shale Foundation -- 3.2.4.6. Presence on the Internet -- 3.2.4.7. Control of public access -- 3.3. Conclusions - ch. 4. Attributes of the Australian fossil mammal sites -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Riversleigh -- 4.2.1. Discovery -- 4.2.2. Scientific attributes of the Riversleigh fossil field -- 4.2.3. Preservation -- 4.2.4. Fossil diversity -- 4.2.5. Temporal spread of sites -- 4.2.6. Evolutionary history of rainforest dwelling faunas -- 4.2.7. Origins and trends in the Australian vertebrate fauna -- 4.2.8. Links with other World Heritage properties -- 4.2.9. Into the future Naracoorte --4.3.1. Discovery - 4.3.2.Scientific attributes of the Naracoorte fossils -- 4.3.3. Depositional setting -- 4.3.4.Chronology - 4.3.5. Faunal diversity -- 4.3.6.Studies of form and function -- 4.3.7. Palaeoecological considerations -- 4.3.8. Future directions -- ch. 5. Meeting the Obligations of the World Heritage Convention -- 5.1. Identification -- 5.2. Protection and conservation -- 5.3. Transmission and rehabilitation -- 5.4. Presentation -- 5.5. Protected area category for active fossil sites -- ch. 6. Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix I. Criteria for Natural World Heritage, 1994 and 1997 -- Appendix II. Fossil Finder Certificate, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Canada -- Appendix III. Australian Government Website for AFSM (Riversleigh/Naracoorte) -- Appendix IV. Riversleigh publications (since 1992 only) -- Appendix V. Riversleigh vertebrate species list.ow...what we w
